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World History Syllabus-2008-2009 School Year
Instructor |
Christina Forster |
Phone |
817-389-2265 |
Room |
# 214 |
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Conference |
9:51am-10:40am |
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Edvard Munch
The Scream
6000 Years of History in 36 Weeks
Text:
Prentice Hall, World History: Connections to Today
Description:
This is a survey course on World History covering Prehistory to the World Today. This means we talk about a lot of History as you can tell from the title of this page. We will start with Ancient people and end up by May at the Cold War (and it wasn’t called the Cold War because it was freezing or because there were actual battles, more on this in May)
Ok, so why do you have to take this class? Because the state says you have to take this class! But more importantly so you can be a good citizen of the United States and also the world. By studying history, you can learn about the really stupid things people did long ago and not do them yourself. This makes you a really smart person for learning from others mistakes. I know all of you are smart, but this makes you even smarter than you thought. :-) For example trying to take over the world generally doesn’t work. Napoleon and Hitler could both tell you (if they were alive) that invading Russia in the Winter time is pretty dumb because it is pretty cold there. (more on this later).
History is cool. Did you know that basketball has been around for almost 2000 years? The Mayans used to play it. Or that the Egyptians used to pull people’s brains out through their noses when they were mummifying them? Yuck! How about the fact that the French really liked to chop off people’s heads with a machine called the Guillotine? The English weren’t much better because this one English king named Henry VIII had two of his wives heads chopped off because he was fed up with them.
So we are going to learn all about everything I just talked about and then some this year.
Schedule:
1st Six Weeks
Pre-History, Ancient Egypt, China, India
2nd Six Weeks
Greece, Rome
3rd Six Weeks
Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Muslim, Asia
4th Six Weeks
Renaissance & Reformation, Global Exploration, Absolute Monarchs
5th Six Weeks
Enlightenment & American Revolution, French & Industrial Revolution, Nationalism
6th Six Weeks
Imperialism, WWI, Russian Revolution, WWII Cold War
Requirements:
- Work Hard and Put forth an honest effort. You have the ability to succeed in this class if you do these two things.
- Cooperate with your classmates. Compete only against yourself.
CLASS RULES:
- Bring your supplies to class every day! This includes your book, paper and pen!
- If you aren’t in your seat with your supplies when the bell rings, you are tardy!
- Respect the people, equipment and furnishings of this room.
- Follow Directions the first time they are given.
- Do not leave your seat with out permission. This includes when the bell rings. I will dismiss you, not the bell!
Resources:
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/texas/worldhistory/Survey_2003/Student_Area/WHS_TX_S_BK_index.html
This site has interactive features from your textbook and will provide you excellent links for project research.
Text Book:
The text book for this class is available online. Directions for setting this up are available at this link:World History Textbook
Evaluation:
Homework/Daily Work -20%
Quizzes-20%
Tests-40%
Projects-20%
We will have 1 project per six weeks that is worth 20% of your overall grade.
Examinations:
- Tests will be announced at least 3 days before they are given. Quizzes can occur at any time, so make sure you have read your daily reading assignment and done your homework so you can make a good grade.
Misc:
- If you miss class for any reason, you are responsible for finding out what the homework assignments are and completing them. Assignments will be posted on my home page.
- Late assignments will have 20 points per day late deducted. I will not accept them after 2 days.
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